Ahold

Ahold Delhaize’s Human Rights Report highlights steps being taken to safeguard human rights, both within the organizational ranks and supply chain.

Stop & Shop and King Kullen decided not to proceed with the acquisition due to unforeseen changes in the marketplace, the companies said.

Ahold Delhaize entered into an agreement to purchase 62 Bi-Lo and Harveys Supermarket stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia from Southeastern Grocers.

Ahold Delhaize issued a first-quarter business update and 2020 profit outlook, reporting a 34% U.S. sales boost for the month of March.

Food and drug retailers increasingly are exploring the opportunity to conduct e-commerce fulfillment from micro-fulfillment centers, rather than picking from their existing stores or shipping from full-sized warehouses.

Stop & Shop’s president, Mark McGowan will depart the company, and Gordon Reid, the president of Giant Food, will become president of Stop & Shop.

With 2,000 stores and 23 distribution centers, Ahold Delhaize has shaped itself into a formidable competitor. Regardless of format, Ahold Delhaize’s stores manage to balance the convenience of being a one-stop shop with a neighborhood market feel.

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